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AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows

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AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows 2025-04-09 at 20:02 By Kevin Townsend Agentic AI has improved spear phishing effectiveness by 55% since 2023, research shows. The post AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to […]

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Phishing, fraud, and the financial sector’s crisis of trust

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Phishing, fraud, and the financial sector’s crisis of trust 2025-04-08 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec The financial sector is under growing pressure from advanced phishing attacks and fraud, causing major financial losses and eroding customer trust. Escalation of phishing attacks While traditional phishing relied on generic emails to steal sensitive data, cybercriminals now use targeted

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign 2025-04-07 at 15:05 By Ionut Arghire ‘PoisonSeed’ phishing campaign targets CRM and bulk email providers to distribute “crypto seed phrase” messages. The post CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Phishers are increasingly impersonating electronic toll collection companies

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Phishers are increasingly impersonating electronic toll collection companies 2025-04-03 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz Steam was the most imitated brands by phishers in the first quarter of 2025, followed by Microsoft and Facebook/Meta, Guardio researchers have revealed. “Historically, the #1 spot has been dominated by the usual suspects – big tech companies like Meta, Microsoft,

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Help Net Security 99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of malicious emails that reached user inboxes delivered malware. This shows that while common

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Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kits Target Over 100 Brands

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Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kits Target Over 100 Brands 2025-03-28 at 12:57 By Ionut Arghire A threat actor tracked as Morphing Meerkat abuses DNS mail exchange (MX) records to deliver spoofed login pages. The post Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kits Target Over 100 Brands appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Browser Security Under Siege: The Alarming Rise of AI-Powered Phishing

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Browser Security Under Siege: The Alarming Rise of AI-Powered Phishing 2025-03-20 at 19:18 By Kevin Townsend Analysis reveals a 140% increase in browser phishing, including a 130% increase in zero-hour phishing attacks. The post Browser Security Under Siege: The Alarming Rise of AI-Powered Phishing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users

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Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users 2025-03-19 at 14:11 By Ionut Arghire A long-running campaign phishing for credentials through scareware recently switched to targeting macOS users. The post Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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Microsoft Warns of Hospitality Sector Attacks Involving ClickFix

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Microsoft Warns of Hospitality Sector Attacks Involving ClickFix 2025-03-13 at 17:02 By Eduard Kovacs A cybercrime group named Storm-1865 has targeted hospitality organizations via fake Booking.com emails and the use of social engineering. The post Microsoft Warns of Hospitality Sector Attacks Involving ClickFix appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025

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2024 phishing trends tell us what to expect in 2025 2025-02-27 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Phishing has been the method most often employed by cybercriminals to achieve initial access to targeted organizations in 2024, according to risk advisory firm Kroll, which expects this trend to continue in 2025. But attackers have also increasingly been

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Darcula allows tech-illiterate crooks to create, deploy DIY phishing kits targeting any brand

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Darcula allows tech-illiterate crooks to create, deploy DIY phishing kits targeting any brand 2025-02-20 at 13:35 By Zeljka Zorz A new, improved version of Darcula, a cat-themed phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform aimed at serving Chinese-speaking criminals, will be released this month and will allow malicious users to create customized phishing kits to target a wider variety

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Russian State Hackers Target Organizations With Device Code Phishing

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Russian State Hackers Target Organizations With Device Code Phishing 2025-02-17 at 14:49 By Ionut Arghire Russian hackers have been targeting government, defense, telecoms, and other organizations in a device code phishing campaign. The post Russian State Hackers Target Organizations With Device Code Phishing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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BTMOB RAT: Newly Discovered Android Malware Spreading via Phishing Sites

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BTMOB RAT: Newly Discovered Android Malware Spreading via Phishing Sites 2025-02-13 at 06:19 By rohansinhacyblecom Key Takeaways Overview On January 31, 2025, Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) identified a sample lnat-tv-pro.apk (13341c5171c34d846f6d0859e8c45d8a898eb332da41ab62bcae7519368d2248) being distributed via a phishing site “hxxps://tvipguncelpro[.]com/” impersonating iNat TV – online streaming platform from Turkey posing a serious threat to unsuspecting

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Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams

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Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams 2025-02-06 at 13:26 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers see dozens of fake DeepSeek websites used for credential phishing, cryptocurrency theft, and scams. The post Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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DeepSeek’s Growing Influence Sparks a Surge in Frauds and Phishing Attacks

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DeepSeek’s Growing Influence Sparks a Surge in Frauds and Phishing Attacks 2025-01-30 at 15:20 By rohansinhacyblecom Overview DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that has developed open-source large language models (LLMs). In January 2025, DeepSeek launched its first free chatbot app, “DeepSeek – AI Assistant”, which rapidly became the most downloaded free app on

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Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers

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Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers 2025-01-28 at 15:04 By Zeljka Zorz A financially motivated threat actor has been targeting German and Polish-speaking users with info-stealing malware and TorNet, a previously undocumented .NET backdoor that leverages the Tor network to evade detection. The phishing email The attacker sends out fake money transfer confirmations

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Malicious actors’ GenAI use has yet to match the hype

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Malicious actors’ GenAI use has yet to match the hype 2025-01-14 at 17:08 By Zeljka Zorz Generative AI has helped lower the barrier for entry for malicious actors and has made them more efficient, i.e., quicker at creating convincing deepfakes, mounting phishing campaigns and investment scams, the most recent report by the Cyber Threat Alliance

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